[spectre256]

Starting with a plan has been absolutely essential for me.

This year I started a business which means I work full time from home (or a nearby coffee shop), because my co-founder is in a different city and timezone.

While I've worked part-time remote and on distributed teams before, the lack of structure from being your own boss has been a huge change. A blessing and a curse to be sure.

When I start the day without a plan, even if I "get lots of things done", I feel stressed all day and am almost certainly not effective.